Cricket is not the game it was a decade before, or it isnt the same atleast in India.The passion and craze for cricket in India coupled with the magical rise of telecasting cricket has made India, the economic superpower in the game.And every bit of this stature could be attributed to the highly knowledgeable Indian Cricket fan.And Cricinfo.com provides fuel to the info filled Indian Cricket Fan.I would use this review to see the pros and cons of this website
THE POWERFUL AND POSITIVE POINTS
GOOD
Cricinfo has taken adequate care to update information on every match that is played all throughout the world.Like the TV Channels and sponsors, it rushes in on major cricketing events all around the globe.But unlike the former, it dosent treat domestic cricket and womens cricket with utter disregard.It is heartening that the records of the second grade events are maintained, in par with the ODIs and Tests.
BETTER
An appreciable thing about cricinfo.com is its splitting of cricket info into those pertaining to individual countries.If you are more inclined on knowing the Indian Cricket, Pakistani Cricket or any other cricket nation wise, you are just a click away.And each of these cricket wise mini sites would beat individual portals in terms of the provided content.And in each country site, there are innovative ventures that would suit the audience from the particular country.This divide and update policy has been a great hit with cricinfo.com.
BEST
The content provided in the various sections are highly reliable, and they do get updated in regular frequencies.The statistics are well maintained, and special Kudos for maintaining such a huge database in an appreciable manner.The search for statistics is given in the Frontpage itself and the hard kept statistics are easily accessed.And the update on every match is split into four parts namely scorecard, report, photos and reactions that give you a wholesome view of the match.
THE NAIVE AND NEGATIVE POINTS
BAD
The news articles seem to be less in number, on comparision with other sites.But the articles are highly informative and thought provoking.But they are written in an conventional and traditional approach.The articles would please a middle aged cricket follower, but wouldnt augur well with the mordern and passionate young followers.I think they outta strike a balance between articles.
WORSE
The problem of confusing advertisements and innovative ventures is something unique in cricinfo.Even in the Frontpage, you see a lot of animations in the right hand corner, which you may disregard as an advertisement.But only after a few precious net times, do u find that it was the innovative feauture you were looking upon.The vice versa also happens.And also the high importance given to betting frustates some passionate fans.
WORST
Interactiveness is the most important factor in the Internet.And that is where cricinfo.com comes a cropper.In this aspect, the interactiveness of this wesbite is lacking.Though there arent intense polls or forums, the design of these forums also dont invite you.Speaking of design, it is indeed hightime that cricinfo.com got ready for a newer version where ther would be better design of the site, the interior pages and the interacive feautures in specific
Cricinfo.com has a great source of information, but it has to take enormous care on its presentation of such hard collected data.It has to Go with the New Age wind, leaving the traditional approach behind.It needs a good analysis and a better approach for being the best cricket site.